Does Anyone Save Their Own Seeds?

[JohnGalway 1,043]

As the title says?

 

I know 0 about it, so fire away with all/any info please

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

Peas and beans at the minute, planned to save some cabbage seeds but forgot so i should have cabbages growing in some pretty random places this year if the slugs or goats dont get them

[Cliff Ray 185]

You mean like a sperm bank ?

[Strong Stuff 2,171]

You mean like a sperm bank ?

I was just about write, I've got an old sock that's got quite a few of my own seeds on ...........

 

Sorry John.

[Paid 935]

I do with some stuff, but not with other stuff, like for example, i don't save pumpkin of squash seeds, as i grow quite a few different ones, and they cross pollinate and can produce some weird and nasty hybrids. Grew some from saved seed a couple of years back, and even the pigs wouldnt eat them, had some thing like 60 or 70 small squashes that tasted a lot like washing up liquid.

 

I do always save broad beans, french beans and lettuce though.

[The one 8,522]

Saved some and after you have dried them and stored them in a paper bag its hardly worth it your better buying fresh seed and you know what your going to get

[Colonel Mustard 6]

I don't tend to bother either. Too much of a hassle and seeds are fairly cheap if you look around. The other thing is the seeds you're buying have been treated or selected so as to minimise things like pests and diseases and other things like bolting (going to seed early) or as a previous post said you can get cross pollination which can really mess things up. I know you can't or rather shouldn't bother with saving seeds from a plant that you've harvest which is an F1 hybrid as the seed won't be like the parent plant. The parent plant is the hybrid and it's 'offspring' will be like the grandparents, which are probably not up to much on their own but coupled with another type of plant produce a good offspring. Does that make sense? If not then should have paid more attention and not spent the time gawking out the window!

[The one 8,522]

With some seeds you get poor germination i think it helps to buy fresh in each year